Richard Depoorter Explained
Richard Depoorter |
Birth Date: | 29 April 1915 |
Birth Place: | Ichtegem, Belgium |
Death Place: | Wassen, Switzerland |
Role: | Rider |
Richard Depoorter (29 April 1915 - 16 June 1948) was a Belgian racing cyclist. He won the 1943 and 1947 editions of the Liège–Bastogne–Liège.[1] He crashed into a tunnel wall on a "descent of the Sustenpas near Bern"[2] during the 1948 Tour of Switzerland and died onsite or shortly thereafter due to his injuries.[3] [4] [5]
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Notes and References
- Web site: Richard Depoorter . 3 October 2015 . ProCyclingStats.
- Web site: Pelkey. Charles. The Explainer — Surviving in the hardest of times. VeloNews.Com. 17 July 2012. 2 September 2009.
- Web site: Richard Depoorter . Cyclingarchives.com . 29 April 1915 . 17 July 2012.
- Web site: Richard Depoorter. Memoire di cyclisme. 17 July 2012.
- Web site: Richard Depoorter (body being carried off road after fatal accident). Cycling Archives. 11 July 2012.